Maybe we imagined how much it might be improved with a little work.
Kitchen clean-up could be improved with a couple of patents for dishwashers.
Teacher training will be improved, with a new generation of teacher training schools modelled on teaching hospitals.
They had hoped their prospects would be improved with a strong showing by Representative Rick A. Lazio, their party's candidate for United States Senate.
However, asking such a crass question is probably like asking if Bach's cello suites might be improved with a little backbeat.
Therefore, the sport lacks local and national coverage, which will be improved with a format that consistently finishes within a three-hour time frame".
Users learned early that performance could be improved with a millrace and a chute that would direct the water to one side of the wheel.
And, if some do-it-yourselfers have their way, there is no aspect of nature that can't be improved with a rechargeable motor and a sensor or two.
The city's sparse cultural attractions will be improved with a recreated Sydney Opera House on another island, and private beaches with temperature-controlled sand are also being tested.
Bicycling through farm fields on lanes of concrete may feel odd at first, but Japan's eager-beaver construction industry has never met a dirt road that couldn't be improved with a few layers of concrete.
If, like me, you are a staunch pogonophile and do not believe there is a single man who cannot be improved with a beard (see David Mitchell), these are happy times indeed.
